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Masterclass ECAL – Albert Serra,06.05.2025,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL, in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Suisse and Sister Distribution, welcomes filmmaker Albert Serra for a talk. Born in Banyoles in 1975, Albert Serra is a Catalan filmmaker, visual artist, and director. He gained international recognition with his first feature film, Honor de Cavalleria, a loose adaptation of Don Quixote featuring non-professional actors from his hometown, which was presented at the Directors Fortnight in Cannes in 2006. In 2013, he received the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for Story of My Death, inspired by the memoirs of Casanova. He was later selected for the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival with The Death of Louis XIV (2016), Liberté (2019), and Pacifiction (2022). In 2024, Serra was awarded Best Film at the San Sebastián Film Festival for Tardes de Soledad, a documentary dedicated to matador Andrés Roca Rey. The film Tardes de Soledad will be screened the same day at 8pm at Capitole Cinema in Lausanne. Tickets available at cinematheque.ch In collaboration with the Cinémathèque Suisse and Sister Distribution.MASTERCLASSTuesday, May 6, 2025 at 5:15pm Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL Free entryPROJECTIONTuesday, May 6, 2025 at 8:00pm Cinéma Capitole, Cinémathèque suisse, Lausanne Tickets on cinematheque.ch
Le livre d artiste - 24/25 As part of the editorial design course led by Anouk Schneider and Nicolas Polli, second-year Visual Communication students had the opportunity to design an artist s book during the first semester. This book project stands out for its contemporary approach, aiming to create an editorial object that harmoniously integrates form and content within today s publishing landscape. Students were encouraged to fully embrace their artistic freedom at every stage of the creative process—whether in terms of format, paper choice, binding, layout, illustrations, text, or typography. Within this course, the artist s book can take shape through various modes of illustration, such as photography, reproduction, contextualization, drawing, 3D, and more. The emphasis is placed on the author s artistic vision and the means implemented to bring it to life. Students take on multiple roles as editor, curator, and architect, thereby covering the responsibilities of art director, designer, photographer, stylist, illustrator, typographer, editor-in-chief, and copy editor. This course highlights contemporary editorial design by exploring the narrative potential of a carefully constructed content sequence. A rusty wheel still turns Edition By & Palaces avec balcons. vues et jardin pour tousctes Edition By & Point Bleu Edition By & CAMILLE Edition By , & we <3 feet Edition By &
ECAL Night Live During an intensive week, first-year students from the Visual Communication department at ECAL had the opportunity to create and produce the first edition of ECAL Night Live. The goal was to design a show inspired by satirical television formats. Divided into multidisciplinary teams—including students from the Bachelor programs in Graphic Design, Media & Interaction Design, and Photography—they collaborated to create all the content, set design, and visual identity of the show, delivering a fully homemade project in record time. The main theme revolved around self-mockery, targeting the visual communication professions, students, and the institution itself, with a subtle touch of current events. This project was supervised by Vincent Veillon and Paul Walther, directors of the RTS show 52 Minutes, as well as Florian Pittet, a digital scenography expert who guided the creation of the show s set design.
ECAL LECTURE – JEAN-CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC,18.03.2025,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL An avant-garde designer and artist, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac anticipated what today constitutes the basis of new creation: art and fashion, detour and collaboration. Multi-disciplinary work of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac - art, fashion and design - revolves around a short chromatic range of blue, yellow and red, one of the finest representations of which was to dress Pope John Paul II, bishops and priests for the 1997 World Youth Day. Passionate about heraldry, the science of coats of arms, vexillology, the science of flags, semiotics, the study of signs, pop art and the world of childhood, his art and fashion bring together these dualities: the epic, the historic, the traditional and the alternative. He has collaborated with many artists, including Keith Haring, Lady Gaga, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pedro Winter and Pharrell Williams. He began his career as a designer alongside his mother, setting up Ko & Co in Limoges. His first obvious garment was a coat cut from his boarding-school blanket, as well as clothes made from mops, thus launching the concept of upcycling. He went on to found the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac fashion house in 1978. As early as the 1980s, he anticipated the current decompartmentalization of art and fashion by collaborating with artists of all disciplines on his shows: musicians, photographers and visual artists. He worked with Miquel Barceló, Ben and Robert Combas to create tableau dresses, with Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring and Cindy Sherman to create invitations for his shows, and with Malcolm McLaren to create the music for his shows. In 1986, he was exhibited at New York s Fashion Institute and Technology. In 2006, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, then at the Musée Galliera in Paris in 2007. Also an artist, he created a 3700 m2 fresco for Orly airport in Paris in 2015. In September 2018, he created a monumental work for the Biennale des antiquaires de Paris at the Grand Palais. From 2018 to 2022, he is artistic director of United Colors of Benetton. His artistic work is the subject of an exhibition entitled Le Peuple de Demain at the children s gallery of the Centre Pompidou in 2021-2022, presented at the West Bund Museum in Shanghai and at the Centre Pompidou Malaga in 2023. In 2022, he will also be present at the Mobilier National with the scenography for the exhibition No taste for bad taste, retracing 40 years of French design, and with a carte blanche entitled L atour d assises, focusing on French styles. In June 2024, he installs a 15-metre trellis sculpture on the wall of the Société de Géographie in Paris, called “L Ange Géographe”. He was chosen by the Diocese of Paris to design the liturgical vestments and ornaments for the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris in December 2024.DATES & SCHEDULE18.03.2025 6pm Free entryVENUEIKEA Auditorium, ECALWEBSITEjeancharlesdecastelbajac.com
Fiction film workshop with Klaudia Reynicke The 2024 fiction film workshop for 2nd year students was lead by swiss and peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke. Head of workshop: "The aim of the second-year BA fiction workshop 2024-2025 was to write and direct short films on a very limited budget and to a very tight deadline. As head of this workshop, I chose to push these constraints to make it a real learning tool for the students. We took our inspiration from the principles of Dogma 95, while imposing a theme: ‘birth . The idea was to get the students to concentrate fully on the essence of filmmaking, to tell stories in the most raw and sincere way possible, without relying on devices often considered indispensable. This approach allowed them to explore storytelling and directing in a new way. Most of them played along. I ended up relaxing some of the rules of Dogme 95, which may seem contradictory. But this strict framework, which wasn t very sexy for many at first, served as a starting point, giving them a basis and constraints for experimenting, testing and researching. Then the projects took over. Everyone found their own urgency, their own rules. So we left Dogme 95 behind and concentrated on the films themselves. Films that are unique, sincere, sometimes raw, often powerful and as rich as they are profound, in all their splendour." Klaudia Reynicke, director • , Crescendo, 9 35 • , Garance, 18 04 • , Cuxhaven, 18 • , Looking for someone up to anything for a big sum of money, 14 02 • , Nausea, 17 40 • , Kean, 10 50 • , Border, 15 13 • , White zone, 12 22
Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne,15.03.2025,Capitole, Lausanne On the occasion of the 8th Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne, ECAL is taking part in a meeting with Luc Dardenne, followed by a screening of his film L Enfant, winner of the Palme d or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. Meet Luc Dardenne before the screening of L Enfant, moderated by Frédéric Maire, Director of the Cinémathèque suisse and Paolo Moretti, Head of ECAL Cinema Department. In a small industrial town in crisis, somewhere in Belgium, Bruno and Sonia, both under 40, love each other and survive from day to day, on her welfare and his petty theft. But Sonia is about to give birth, and is worried about the baby on the way. When she shows him little Jimmy on his way out of the maternity ward, Bruno barely gives her a glance. Shortly afterwards, a woman with whom he does business suggests a convenient way to earn the money he s always after: childless couples would be willing to give a lot for a baby like his....DATES & SCHEDULESaturday, March 15 2:30pmVENUECapitole - Cinémathèque suisse Av. du Théâtre 6, 1005 LausanneTICKET & INFOrencontres7art.ch
Glass Reflections by Nouvel,12.03–09.05.2025,Gallery l elac Glass Reflections by Nouvel presents the creations of five Swiss designers who have combined their talent with the Mexican brand, renowned for its high-end glass craftsmanship. At the intersection of innovation and craftsmanship, "Glass Reflections by Nouvel" brings together five Swiss designers — Julie Richoz, Nicolas Le Moigne, Michel Charlot, Laurin Schaub, and Dimitri Nassisi — who partner with Nouvel, a Mexican brand that has been active in high-end glass craftsmanship for thirty years. From this cross-cultural initiative arise five unique creations, reflecting the designers distinctive and assertive visions while elevating the exceptional know-how of Nouvel s artisans. This exhibition also showcases visual proposals exploring various decorative techniques on Nouvel bottles, created by ECAL students.DATES & SCHEDULE12.03-09.05.2025 Wednesday to Friday, 1pm - 5pm Free entryVENUEGalerie l elac, ECAL Av. du Temple 5, 1020 RenensWEBSITEnouvel.glassDESIGNERS, , , Laurin Schaub & OPENING & TALKTuesday, March 11th 6pm TALK, IKEA auditorium Stanislas Colodiet Director, CIRVA - Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les arts plastiques, Marseille (FR) Matteo Gonet Glass artist, Münchenstein (CH) Monica Guggisberg Artist and designer, Norton (UK) Julie Richoz Designer, Paris (FR) Moderated by 7pm OPENING, Galerie l elacCREDITSRelief by Laurin Schaub, Photography: Fernando Etulain, Font: Saillon (François Rappo), Graphic design: Napo PeoplePRESS KITPress release & images
La Mobilière 2025 Prize awarded to Alfatih Congratulations to ECAL graduate artist Alfatih, who was awarded the Prix La Mobilière 2025 at the recent Salon Art Genève. Born in 1995 and graduating from ECAL in 2018 with a Bachelor s degree in Media & Interaction Design, Alfatih, who lives and works in Lausanne, has been awarded the Prix La Mobilière 2025. Awarded each year, this prize is given to artists whose work is inspired by the issues facing our society, providing a basis for understanding our times. It is accompanied by financial support of CHF 30,000. Through his video installations and interactive works, the artist addresses the different developments in the virtual world and establishes links between fields that are still often considered to be opposed. He questions codes of understanding and their significance for society, while integrating them into the present, creating a space for diversity and pluralistic perspectives. ‘The apparent lightness of Alfatih s digital images transports us into stories in which reflections on certain periods of life, memory and death follow one another and intertwine, explains Nicolas Brulhart, artistic director of the Kunsthalle Friart in Fribourg, which nominated Alfatih for the Prix Mobilière 2025. @alfatiharufa alfatih.world
ECAL at artgenève,30.01–02.02.2025,Palexpo, Geneva For Art Genève 2025, Bachelor Fine Arts students have come up with ‘Dont Be Happy, Worry , a creation that grew out of a workshop given by the American artist Kenneth Goldsmith. This collaborative project by ECAL Bachelor Fine Arts students challenges conventional perspectives on art and meaning. Inspired by an intense and thought-provoking workshop by Kenneth Goldsmith, the students explored subtle signs of life and everyday details, transforming wandering thoughts into a carpet: not as a design, but as a detour; not as a statement, but as a collection of overlooked absurdities. It s a soft landing for stray thoughts, misplaced objects, and the kind of meaning that sneaks up on you, waiting to trip you up when you least expect it. Kenneth Goldsmith is an American poet, artist and critic, founder of the online archive ubuweb.com and professor at University of Pennsylvania. His writing is motivated by his own 2007 manifesto “Uncreative Writing” and is often a collage of found material. He s the author of books and critical texts, radio shows and installations and was appointed Moma s first Poet Laureate.DATES AND SCHEDULES30.01–02.02.2025 12pm to 9pm except Thursday and Sunday from 12pm to 7pmVENUEPalexpo, GenèveWEBSITEartgenèveOPENINGThursday, January 30, 2025, 2-9 pm by invitationSTUDENTS, , , , , , , , , , , , , Lisa Okhrimchuk, INVITED ARTISTKenneth GoldsmithHEAD OF PROGRAMME
A new Master's program in Digital Experience Design (DXD) will be offered by ECAL from the start of the 2025 academic year. This two-year course, unique in Switzerland, is aimed at students with a Bachelor's degree in digital design, computer science or communication systems, who wish to specialize in the design of digital experiences and interfaces that take into account the specific needs of us…
MASTERCLASS ECAL - CAROLINA CAVALLI,11.12.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Cinema Department welcomes filmmaker Carolina Cavalli for a conference moderated by Paolo Moretti Carolina Cavalli is an Italian director and screenwriter based in Milan. Her first feature film, Amanda (2022), was selected for the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and was nominated for Best First Film at various Italian film awards, including the David di Donatello. Recently, she co-wrote the film Fremont (2023), directed by Iranian filmmaker Babak Jalali, selected for the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals. The film was nominated for a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) in the “Best International Film” category. His next film, The Kidnapping of Arabella, is currently in production.DATES & SCHEDULE11.12.2024 2:30pm Free entry VENUEAuditoire Leenaards, ECAL
MASTERCLASS ECAL - PATRIC CHIHA,02.12.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Cinema Department welcomes Austrian filmmaker Patric Chiha for a lecture. Patric Chiha is an Austrian filmmaker of Hungarian and Lebanese origin, born in Vienna in 1975. After studying fashion design at ESAA Duperré (Paris) and editing at INSAS (Brussels), he made several short and medium-length films and documentaries (including Les Messieurs (2005), Home (2006), Where is the Head of the Prison? (2008)), which were selected at numerous festivals. In 2009, he directed his first feature, Domaine, with Béatrice Dalle, selected at the Venice Film Festival. This was followed by Boys Like Us (2014) and the documentaries Brothers of the Night (2016) and Si C était de l amour (2019), both selected at the Berlinale. La Bête dans la Jungle (2023), also selected at the Berlinale, is his fifth feature. Patric Chiha will be giving an acting workshop to 3rd-year Bachelor students, in partnership with La Manufacture.DATES & SCHEDULE02.12.2024 5pm Free entryVENUEAuditoire Leenaards, ECAL
ECAL × AGO – Seoul Highlights,07.11–01.12.2024,SEOUL DESIGN FESTIVAL Off-site Exhibition - Seochon Lounge An innovative collection of lighting installations designed to blend into public spaces, created by the ECAL s Bachelor Industrial Design in collaboration with AGO Lighting, under the supervision of designer Adrien Rovero. The importance of light in every space is essential, which is why lighting should be the starting point when building a space. Most AGO Lighting collections offer lighting options that can be modulated by architects and designers. AGO Lighting has teamed up with students from ECAL s Bachelor of Industrial Design program, under the direction of Swiss designer , to design a collection of lighting installations for use in public spaces such as museums, hotels and bars. Focusing primarily on the spatial aspect of light, our approach was to design lighting structures based on components supplied by AGO and inspired by the Seoul landscape. The challenge we set ourselves was to reimagine the chandelier, an object that confers distinctive status on a space, while fulfilling its original function of diffusing functional light. ECAL x AGO Seoul Highlights is presented for the first time at the Seochon Lounge, operated by Design Press, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in Korea. This project was made possible with the generous support of the Summer University program of the Direction générale de l enseignement supérieur (DGES) of the State of Vaud and the Hanok Heritage Preservation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Government. It is also linked as an off-site exhibition to the Seoul Design Festival (SDF), hosted by Design House.VENUESeochon Lounge (Seochon Hanok Village) 27-4 Pirundae-ro, Jongno District Seoul, South KoreaDATES & SCHEDULE07.11 – 01.12.2024 Wednesday to Sunday, 11am – 7pm Free entryWEBSITEecal-ago-highlights.chSTUDENTS, Laura Cotnoir, , , , Neitzke Nikita, , , , HEAD OF PROGRAMMEARTISTIC DEPUTYOPENINGThursday 7th November, 5:30pmTALKFriday 8th November, 4 pm Conversation with: Mars Hwasung Yoo, Creative Director, AGO Lighting Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Head of Bachelor Industrial Design, ECAL Moderation: Suh-young Yun, design writer and journalistASSISTANT
ECAL MASTERCLASS - KLAUDIA REYNICKE,22.10.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL Cinema department welcomes Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke for a masterclass moderated by Paolo Moretti, head of Bachelor & Master Cinéma. Swiss-Peruvian director Klaudia Reynicke grew up between Peru, Switzerland and the USA. After training in fine arts and social sciences, she went on to study filmmaking at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York, before obtaining an ECAL/HEAD Master s degree in cinema in Switzerland. Her first feature, Il Nido (2016), was selected for the Locarno Film Festival. Love me tender (2019), the second, also screened at Locarno and took part in international festivals such as TIFF in Toronto, BFI in London and Tallinn Black Nights in Estonia. This was followed by Reinas (2024), which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2024 and won awards at the Berlinale and Locarno. Klaudia Reynicke s third feature is selected to represent Switzerland at the Oscars in 2025.DATES & SCHEDULE22.10.2024 5pm Free entryVENUELeenaards Auditorium, ECAL
MASTERCLASS ECAL - URSULA MEIER,19.09.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL ECAL s Cinema department welcomes Franco-Swiss director Ursula Meier for a lecture moderated by director Anouk Chambaz. French-Swiss director Ursula Meier is co-founder of the Bande à Part production company in Lausanne, alongside Lionel Baier, Jean-Stéphane Bron and Frédéric Mermoud. A graduate of the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) in Belgium, she quickly made a name for herself with her graduation short Le songe d Isaac (1994). The director alternates between fiction and documentary. Tous à table (2001) won over 20 awards and was screened at over 80 international festivals. Home (2008), her first feature film, was presented at Cannes, nominated for a César and won the Swiss Film Prize for Best Fiction Film, before L enfant d en haut (2012) won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale. Journal de ma tête (2018) is also selected for the Berlinale. Ursula Meier wins further awards at the Swiss Film Prize 2023 with The Line.DATES & SCHEDULE19.09.2024 5pm Free entryVENUELeenaards Auditorium, ECAL
ECAL x AREA OF WORK - CO-EXISTENCE ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne has teamed up with Paris-based studio Area of Work at Paris Photo to present CO-EXISTENCE, a monumental immersive installation in the heart of Paris s 11th arrondissement, from 7 to 9 November 2024. In a large metropolis, a small, seemingly empty apartment reveals discreet traces of human presence. On another scale, a conquering population manifests itself. Wings flap, slime trails, antennae shivers... In the industrial setting of the former Garage République in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, CO-EXISTENCE showcases a living cohabitation through a sequence of artificial images created using Computer Generated Imagery (CGI). These spectacular yet intimate photo-realistic projections highlight the imperceptible, the infra- thin, and the invisible, blurring the scales between micro and macro. Developed during three series of workshops conducted from 2023 to autumn 2024 by Area of Work, CO- EXISTENCE bears witness to the technical and artistic skills that are honed within the ECAL MA Photography. These workshops enabled students to transpose their photographic skills into the virtual space of 3D graphics to understand the temporal, artistic, and commercial issues involved in creating CGI. ‘This collaboration offered ECAL students an introduction to the tools and possibilities of 3D graphics, exploring their integration into the processes of creating photorealistic and hyper-realistic images, while highlighting the importance of the artistic and cinematographic dimensions that are at the heart of our identity. – Amine Ghorab & Scott Renau, Area of Work, Paris. Founded in Paris in 2018 by artists and directors Amine Ghorab and Scott Renau, Area of Work is known for its distinctive contemporary visual narratives, blending graphic framing and rigorous photographic direction. Specialising in fashion, luxury, and technology, the creative studio has become a major player in contemporary visual storytelling..
Kosovo Grand Voyage workshop Each year, students of the Master s program undertake a "Great Trip" to discover the territory of a filmmaker. In 2022, they went to Kosovo with the director and screenwriter Kaltrina Krasniqi. Each year, students of the Master s program undertake a "Great Trip" to discover the territory of a filmmaker. In 2022, they went to Kosovo with the director and screenwriter Kaltrina Krasniqi. Writing, shooting and editing films in three weeks: this is the challenge taken up by the ECAL/HEAD Master of Cinema students during their study trip to Prizren, Kosovo in autumn 2022. An artistic and human dive into the reality of a young and dynamic country that has distinguished itself in recent years by its remarkable cinematographic and artistic development.
Directing workshop with Alejo Moguillansky A 1 week filmmaking workshop led by the Argentinian director, screenwriter and producer Alejo Moguillansky with the students of the Master in Film - major direction. A 1 week filmmaking workshop led by the Argentinian director, screenwriter and producer Alejo Moguillansky with the students of the Master in Film - major direction.
Gary Sandoz – Reminix By delegating our life experiences to digital media processed by algorithms, memory is no longer solely human. Reminix explores the emotional dimension and the future of our fragmented memories through a device that scans and analyzes photographic slides, acting as an ephemeral backup of a past life in the absence of the author s testimony. In a spatial contemplation, the image materialized and rendered in 3D, accompanied by generative narration, reconstitutes an alternative past with each activation. This interactive experience reactivates the memory and creates a bridge between the user and the narrative potential of the image, while questioning the fragility, preservation, trust, and generation of our memories by machines.
Matteo Friberg – Death to the hunchbacks (Direction) Knight Borboron is poisoned and wants to apologize to Hildegund before dying. Fiction / 25 min Synopsis Knight Borboron, is forced to give in to peer pressure and, in order to avoid fighting in battle, eats a piece of poisoned cake. He quickly regrets his decision and feels overcome with a weight on his conscience. In a panic, he makes his young squire Michmich escort him on a final quest that will assuage his guilt and thus enable him to die with dignity: to apologize to Hildegrund.
Tom Grbic – Imagine ne pas pouvoir fuir, performance continue de la tolérance et de laa raison Imagine not being able to run away is a continuous performance lasting the whole day. It aims to show the principle of ‘trans work theorised by Josephine Gilles Harris in 2019. J. G. Harris highlights, among other things, the fact that queer people need to maintain a constant performative state in order to be able to navigate the world in an ‘understandable way. With an activation of texts by Laurène Marx, Tom Grbic, Josephine Gilles Harris and Adel Tincelin, it is also an effort to inscribe ourselves in a lineage, a critical and welcoming queer History.
Sophia Zeller – Eleanor A dress designed to be worn long after the wedding day, offering a solution to wear and re-wear your memories, in a sustainable way. Eleanor is the result of research on textile waste in the wedding dress industry. Simply moving the skirt along the garments buttons transforms it so it can effortlessly be used for various events during the ceremony. By dying and changing its color post-wedding, Eleanor unveils the myrtle flower pattern printed on the fabric, ready to be worn without a bridal appearance. No longer confined to closets and attics, this dress embodies sustainability by reducing textile waste. Crafted from 100% deadstock silk and designed as a mono-material garment, it follows a zero-waste pattern criteria.
Isabella Madrid – Buena, Bonita, y Barata As a Latin American woman, I have grown up with very specific expectations of the kind of woman I should be. In my project, I am reversing the codes that have been forced onto me and immersing myself in the different symbols of how Colombian women exist and have been represented through photographic self portraits. I am taking these symbols and subverting them, enacting them, letting them hold a weight on me, holding my own weight on them, playing with them, letting them define me and simultaneously redefining their power and meaning. I am showcasing not only the everlasting colonial violence Colombian female bodies have always been subjected to but simultaneously reappropriating the narrative around them, playing the muse, model, photographer, stylist, makeup artist, and art director.
Nina Pacherová – We Won t Tell Daddy! We Won t Tell Daddy! takes a speculative look at the impact of sharenting - the phenomenon whereby parents excessively share their children s lives on social networks. In the form of a video installation, it explores the future consequences of the digital footprint that parents create for their children. It focuses on the TikTok #bathroomchallenge, where children are recorded cursing, and unaware of the future implications, their video is shared online. The project uses AI and deepfake technology to protect children s identities by replacing their faces with that of the author and highlights the abuse of content. At the same time, it encourages us to redefine the role of technology in our lives by using deepfake as a protective tool.
Documentary film workshop with Alessandro Comodin The 2024 documentary film workshop for 2nd year students was lead by french italian director Alessandro Comodin. Head of workshop: "To make a film, you have to take into account so many variables that it may seem impossible. If we accept this ontological impossibility and the imperfection it entails, the greatest variable to be confronted in filming becomes the self. How, then, to film the Other? How do we portray them? How do we accept that the film will also be a portrait of ourselves? How do you strike a balance between the Other and yourself? How, finally, can we work on our own style, our own unconscious inclinations, our own tastes and desires, without letting ourselves be influenced by forms and images we ve already seen? We worked in the simplest, most artisanal way possible, going back to the very basics of cinematic grammar. We desacralized mise-en-scène, reducing it as much as possible to a question of light, frame, out-of-frame, sound... In this way, we were able to touch the heart of our craft with our own hands: the most important thing when we make a film is the people we re filming, the bond that binds us, the desire and pleasure of immortalizing them...and this in the same way, whether we re making documentaries or fiction." Alessandro Comodin, director • , En surface, 23 • , Your face that still eludes me, 33 • , A paradise, 36 • , Family photos, 26 • , Loop, 15 • , Worthwhile wait followed by great joy, 19 • , Sunflower, 23 • , Limbo, 40
AWARDS & GRANTS 2024 The graduation ceremony, which took place on 28 June 2024, was also an opportunity to reward numerous diploma projects with scholarships and prizes. Congratulations to all the graduates and winners! bourses & PRIX 2024 – BACHELOR Prix de l Année Propédeutique – CHF 500.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e de l Année Propédeutique de l ECAL qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de ses résultats. Remis par David Monnet, Responsable de l Année Propédeutique - Propédeutique, option Photographie Prix Visarte Vaud – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e en Arts Visuels qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de son travail. Remis par Patricia Glave, Présidente de Visarte Vaud - diplômé BA Arts Visuels Prix LOGITECH DESIGN AWARD – SOLUTION CRÉATIVE HAUT DE GAMME & CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e du BA Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué·e par dont le projet de diplôme démontre une sensibilité particulière aux thématiques chères à Logitech. Remis par Giulio Barresi, Responsable UX Logitech - diplômé BA Media & Interaction Design Prix du Risque – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e du BA Arts Visuels qui a démontré un certain goût du risque dans son travail de diplôme. Remis par Stéphane Kropf, Responsable du Bachelor Arts Visuels - diplômé·e BA Arts Visuels Prix METAA – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e en Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué·e par une approche prospective et expérimentale dans son travail de diplôme. Remis par Mylène Dreyer, Présidente de l association METAA, Media Experiments in Technology and Art Association - diplômée BA Media & Interaction Design Prix GIFF Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) — Présentation du projet au Geneva Digital Market au GIFF & CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e en Media & Interaction Design qui s est distingué·e par une approche innovante et originale dans la narration ou la réalisation de son projet de diplôme. Remis par Pauline Saglio, Responsable du BA Media & Interaction Design - diplômée BA Media & Interaction Design Prix David Rust – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné par In Rust We Trust à un·e diplômé·e ayant réalisé un travail typographique remarquable. Le/La lauréat·e se voit offrir l opportunité d éditer un visuel qui servira à collecter des dons pour l action Design against Cancer, menée par l association. Remis par Angelo Benedetto, Responsable du Bachelor Graphic Design - diplômé BA Design Graphique Prix Jacqueline Veuve – CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e étudiant·e en cinéma qui s est distingué·e au cours de l année par la qualité de ses réalisations ou de son travail technique. Ce prix rend hommage à Jacqueline Veuve, grande documentariste suisse décédée en 2013. Remis par Agnieszka Ramu, Productrice Bande à Part Films - 2e année BA Cinéma pour son film « Maman danse » Pax Art Talent Award – Présentation du projet à la HEK-Haus der Elekronische Kunste à Bâle & CHF 1 000.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e en Media & Interaction Design dont la pratique artistique traite de manière innovante de l influence des technologies sur la société, et qui se caractérise également par une approche narrative discursive et critique. Remis par Nicolas Bopp, Président de Art Fondation Pax - diplômée BA Media & Interaction Design Prix WSP – CHF 1 500.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e, auteur·e d un projet qui prend en compte le développement durable, en particulier ses aspects économiques, environnementaux et sociaux. Remis par Pascale Grossmann, Consultante Corporate Design à WSP - diplômée BA Design Graphique Prix d ENCOURAGEMENT De la Ville de Renens – Exposition & CHF 2 000.- Un prix d encouragement décerné à un·e étudiant·e en 2e année Bachelor qui s est distingué·e par la qualité de son travail. Remis par Nathalie Jaccard, Conseillère municipale à la Ville de Renens - 2e année BA Photographie Prix d excellence du domaine Design et Arts Visuels de la HES-SO – CHF 2 500.- Un prix décerné à un·e diplômé·e qui s est distingué·e par l excellence de son travail de diplôme. Remis par Gaetano Massa, Adjoint scientifique du domaine Design et Arts visuels de la HES-SO - diplômé BA Design Graphique Prix Ernest Manganel – CHF 3 000.- Un prix décerné par le jury de la Fondation Ernest Manganel à un·e diplômé·e en Arts Visuels, pour récompenser la pertinence de sa recherche et la qualité de son travail de diplôme. Remis par Stéphane Kropf, Responsable du Bachelor Arts Visuels au nom de la Fondation Ernest Manganel - diplômée BA Arts Visuels Swiss Design Association Bachelor Award – 3 ANS d Adhésion & coaching Un prix qui récompense un·e diplômé·e Bachelor pour l excellence de son travail de diplôme. Le SDA Bachelor Award offre au lauréat·e la possibilité de devenir membre SDA durant 3 ans, ainsi qu un coaching entrepreneurial individuel pour le développement de son projet de diplôme. Remis par Andréa Müller, Membre du comité d organisation de la SDA, Swiss Design Association - diplômé BA Design Industriel Bourses Fondation Walter + Eve Kent – CHF 5 000.- Deux bourses décernées à des étudiant·e·s particulièrement talentueux·euses dans le domaine des arts visuels. Remises par Alexis Georgacopoulos, Membre de la Fondation Walter + Eve Kent - 2e année BA Arts Visuels - 2e année BA Arts Visuels PRIX La Foncière – CHF 5 000.- Un prix décerné par La Foncière, société de Fonds de placements immobiliers à un·e étudiant·e méritant pour le travail accompli durant l année en Photographie. Remis par Thomas Vonaesch, COO of La Foncière - diplômée BA Photographie Prix Downtown Studio de l Image – Services De post-production & ADHÉsion offerte (CHF 5 000.-) Un prix destiné à un·e étudiant·e du BA Cinéma, en spécialisation Image, qui s est distingué·e par la qualité de son travail aussi bien sur les plans artistiques que techniques. Ce prix souligne également les ponts vertueux entre le monde académique et professionnel. Remis par Boris Rabusseau et Jérémie Blaser, Représentants de Downtown Studio - diplômée BA Cinéma pour l image du film « Cartilage » d Arsène Fragnière Prix Plateforme 10 x ECAL – Exposition & CHF 5 000.- Un prix destiné à récompenser un·e diplômé·e Bachelor Media & Interaction Design, qui permettra le développement du projet de diplôme en vue d une première visibilité publique à travers une exposition à Plateforme 10, tout en renforçant les liens entre l ECAL et Plateforme 10. Remis par Pauline Saglio, Responsable du BA Media & Interaction Design et Vincent Jaquier, Responsable Communication Visuelle, au nom de Plateforme 10 - diplômé BA Media & Interaction Design Prix Images Vevey x ECAL – Exposition Un prix offrant à un·e diplômé·e du Bachelor ou Master Photographie, l opportunité d une première visibilité publique à travers une exposition à l Appartement - Espace Images Vevey, tout en renforçant les liens existants entre l ECAL et Images Vevey. Remis par Stefano Stoll, Directeur d Images Vevey - diplômée BA Photographie BourseS Fondation JAN MICHALSKI – Accompagnement pour le développement du travail de Mémoire & CHF 5 000.- Deux bourses consistant à développer puis donner une visibilité publique à deux mémoires de fin d études Bachelor. La Fondation Jan Michalski s engage à favoriser le contact avec des auteur·rice·s, en vue d obtenir un accompagnement et des conseils qui favoriseront le développement des mémoires. La publication finale fera l objet d une présentation publique de la part des lauréat·e·s ainsi que d un vernissage à la Fondation Jan Michalski. Deux prix spéciaux de CHF 1 000.- sont également attribués. Remise par Natalia Granero, Directrice de la Fondation Jan Michalski Prix spéciaux - diplômée BA Design Graphique - diplômée BA Media & Interaction Design Bourses - diplômé BA Design Graphique - diplômée BA Design Industriel BourseS Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux – CHF 8 000.- Une bourse décernée à un·e étudiant·e sur le point d accomplir son année de diplôme et attribuée en fonction de son sens de la créativité. Remise par Hervé Klopfenstein, Membre du Conseil de la Fondation Casino Barrière de Montreux Mykola Churmantaiev - 2e année BA Arts Visuels Prix Tremplin ECAL soutenu par la Fondation Leenaards – CHF 10 000.- Le « Prix Tremplin » vise à faciliter le démarrage d une carrière et aider à asseoir une pratique artistique professionnelle sur le long terme pour des artistes et/ou designers de talent. Il est destiné aux fraîchement diplômé·e·s de l ECAL pour les soutenir dans la mise en place d un projet concret ou dans l entrée dans la vie professionnelle. Remis par Mme Catherine Othenin-Girard, Présidente de la Commission Culturelle de la Fondation Leenaards - diplômée BA Design Industriel - diplômé BA Arts Visuels - diplômé BA Photographie GRANTS & Awards 2023 – MASTER EXECAL Award - CHF 1 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate who has produced a distinguished Master s thesis project. Presented by Yoo-Mi Steffen, EXECAL Secretary - graduate MA Fine Arts Prix WSP – CHF 1 500.- A prize awarded to a graduate for projects that take sustainable development into account, particularly its economic, environmental and social aspects. Presented by Pascale Grossmann, Consultant Corporate Design WSP - graduate MA Product Design Profot-Elinchrom AWARD – Equipment (CHF 2 000.-) A prize for a Master Photography student who has produced an excellent diploma work. Presented by Sandro Bizzarro, Digital Imaging Consultant at Profot SA - graduate MA Photography BCV Award – CHF 2 000.- A prize awarded to a Master s graduate who has distinguished by the overall quality of his/her work. Presented by Stéphanie Moisdon, head of Master Fine Arts - graduate MA Fine Arts Encouragement Award BY City of Renens – EXHIBITION & CHF 2 000.- An encouragement prize awarded to a student in the 1st year of the Master programmes who has produced a distinguished body of work. The winner will exhibit at La Ferme des Tilleuls in Renens. Presented by Nathalie Jaccard, Municipal Councillor of Renens City - 1st Year MA Product Design HES-SO Design & Fine Arts Excellence Award – CHF 2 500.- A prize awarded to an ECAL student who has distinguished himself/herself by the excellence of his/her diploma work. Presented by Xavier Duchoud, Academic Deputy Director ECAL - graduate MA Photography Prix Pierre Keller – CHF 5 000.- In memory of Pierre Keller, director of ECAL from 1995 to 2011. A prize awarded for particularly committed diploma work. Presented by Alexis Georgacopoulos, Director of ECAL and Camille Blin, Head of Master Product Design - graduate MA Product Design Scholarship Walter + Eve Kent Foundation – CHF 5 000.- Two scholarships awarded to particularly talented 1st year Master Fine Arts students in the fields of painting and sculpture, to support the continuation of their studies at ECAL. Presented by Stéphanie Moisdon, Head of Master Fine Arts Mélody Lu - 1st Year MA Fine Arts - 1st Year MA Fine Arts De Bethune Award – CHF 6 000.- A prize awarded to a graduate student in the Master of Advanced Studies in Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship for the quality of his/her work. Presented by Denis Flageollet, Master Watchmaker & Co-Founder of De Bethune - graduate MAS Design for Luxury & Craftsmanship Masé Studios Sound Prize – Mixing services at Masé Studios in Geneva (CHF 8 000.-) A prize for a student whose film has distinguished itself by the quality of its sound, artistic and technical work. This prize underlines the virtuous bridges between the academic and professional world. Presented by Ivan Ruet for Masé Studios - graduate MA Cinéma with her film « Niederurnen » GRANT Nestlé-ECAL – CHF 10 000.- Two Nestlé grants awarded to deserving 2nd year MADP, MAP or MATD students, who have distinguished themselves by the research and quality of their diploma project, particularly -but not exclusively - in relation to current themes such as technological or social innovation, sustainability or health. Presented by René Ciocca, Head of Corporate Identity Design Nestlé - graduate MA Product Design Naiqian Wang - graduate MA Type Design ECAL Tremplin Award supported by Fondation Leenaards – CHF 10 000.- The aim of the "Tremplin Award" is to help talented artists and/or designers launch their careers and establish a long-term professional artistic practice. It is reserved for creatives who have just graduated from ECAL, supports them in setting up a concrete project or for their entry into professional life. Presented by Catherine Othenin-Girard, Chairwoman of Cultural Commission of Fondation Leenaards - graduate MA Product Design - graduate MA Type Design
Magazine - 23/24 As part of the publishing course led by Anouk Schneider and Chi-Long Trieu, 2nd year Visual Communication students had the opportunity to design an artist s book during the first semester. This book project stands out for its contemporary approach aimed at creating an editorial object that harmoniously integrates form and content in the current context of the editorial landscape. Students were encouraged to exploit their artistic freedom at all levels of creation, whether in terms of format, choice of paper, binding, layout, illustrations, text or typography. As part of this course, the artist s book can take shape through various illustration modalities, such as photography, reproduction, contextualization, drawing, 3D, etc. The emphasis is on the author s artistic vision and the means implemented to realize it. Students take on multiple roles as editor, curator and architect, covering the responsibilities of artistic director, designer, photographer, stylist, illustrator, typographer, editor-in-chief, and editorial secretary. This course highlights contemporary editorial design by exploring the narrative potential of a sequence of controlled content. Convoy Magazine By & FOUND IN Magazine By & MôD Magazine By & SOLER Magazine By & 2gether Magazine By &
ECAL MASTERCLASS- JESSICA HAUSNER,21.06.2024,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL ECAL s Cinema department welcomes filmmaker Jessica Hausner for a lecture moderated by Paolo Moretti, head of the Bachelor & Master Cinéma program. Jessica Hausner is an Austrian director, screenwriter and producer. She studied film at the Vienna Film Academy, where she made her first short films: Flora (1996), which won a prize at the Locarno Film Festival, and Inter-View (1999). Her first feature film, Lovely Rita (2000), won her international acclaim after being nominated in the Un Certain Regard selection at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2009, his film Lourdes was selected for the Venice Film Festival and won an acting prize thanks to the performance of Sylvie Testud. In 2014, she returned to Cannes with Amour fou in the Un certain regard selection, then rejoined the Festival s Official Selection with Little Joe in 2019 (Best Actress Prize awarded to the film s lead actress, Emily Beecham), and Club Zero in 2023. Co-founder of production company Coop99, she has produced internationally successful films such as Maren Ade s Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated Toni Erdmann (2016), and Valeska Grisebach s Western (2017), selected at the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2024, Jessica Hausner was named president of the jury at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.DATES & SCHEDULE21.06.2024 4pm Free entryVENUEIKEA Auditorium, ECAL
REMIND ME I M ALIVE REMIND ME I M ALIVE is a companion that combines the functions of a fidget toy with those of a personal reminder. The gadget uses information on Wifi connections in its immediate vicinity to better understand the user s environment. By examining these connections - the only gateway to the outside world - the gadget can tell whether the user is in a busy or quiet environment, and even give indications of possible stressful situations. When the user is not interacting with the device, it constantly monitors his or her status via the surrounding wifi connections. These connections provide implicit information on social conditions, working environments, infrastructures and much more. If the user does not communicate with the companion for more than six hours, it “dies” and must be resuscitated. This feature underlines the need for regular interaction and ensures that the companion is always ready for use.
ECAL×JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: UNDER YOUR SMELL,31.05–08.09.2024,Saatchi Gallery, London As major exhibition of the Saatchi Gallery s 2024 summer season, Beyond Fashion showcases the work of acclaimed fashion photographers from around the world, including the installation Under Your Smell ECAL x Jean Paul Gaultier. DATES & SCHEDULEFrom 31 May to 8 September 2024 Monday-Sunday, 10am-6pm VENUESaatchi Gallery Duke of York s HQ, King s Road, London, SW3 4RY STUDENTSDominique Bartels, Julie Corday, Diego Fellmann, Florian Hilt, Samara Krähenbühl, Angèle Marignac-Serra, Lisa Mazenauer, Marvin Merkel, Inès Mermoud, Basil Pérot, Yolane Rais, Camille Spiller, Gwendoline Albasini, Tony Altermatt, Matteo Angelé, Laure Brandford Griffith, Noa Chevalley, Sara De Brito Faustino, Yann Difford, Jessica Dreier, Valerie Geissbühler, Eloïse Genoud, Ulises Lozano, Louis Victorin Michel , Yan Miranda , Lea Sblandano, Samuel Spreyz, Gaétan Uldry, Antoine Woeffray UNDER THE DIRECTION OFFlorence Tétier - creative director Jean Paul Gaultier Nicolas Coulomb - photographer and consultant Novembre Global HEAD OF PROGRAMMEASSISTANTSSara De Brito Faustino , Angèle Marignac-Serra , Antoine Martin , Gaétan UldryWEBSITEsaatchigallery.comCOORDINATIONCalypso Mahieu Under the guidance of Florence Tétier (Creative Director of the brand) and Nicolas Coulomb (Photographer, Consultant for Novembre Magazine), the students of ECAL Bachelor Photography visually reinterpreted Jean Paul Gaultier s “perfume,” and sublimated into an anthem for gender diversity and a new definition of beauty. Starting at the Jean Paul Gaultier HQ in Paris (2022), the exhibition toured to Art Basel Miami Beach (2022) and Photo Elysée in Lausanne (2023) before finally being presented in 2024 at the Saatchi Gallery in London and in parallel at Gallery X by Parco in Tokyo. Under Your Smell is presented as part of the Beyond Fashion exhibition—curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director of Photo Elysée in Lausanne—which brings together the works of acclaimed fashion photographers from across the globe (Nick Knight, Peter Lindbergh, Viviane Sassen,...) and next generation of talent. The exhibition tells the story of how fashion photography has become more than a commercial device, and has evolved into an art form in its own right.
ECAL×JEAN PAUL GAULTIER: UNDER YOUR SMELL,30.05–09.06.2024,Gallery X by Parco, Tokyo ECAL presents Under Your Smell at Gallery X by Parco in Tokyo. In collaboration with Jean Paul Gaultier, Bachelor Photography students propose their interpretation of the brand s perfumes through an immersive exhibition celebrating gender diversity and new definitions of beauty. Under the guidance of Florence Tétier (Creative Director of the brand) and Nicolas Coulomb (Photographer, Consultant for Novembre Magazine), the students of ECAL Bachelor Photography visually reinterpreted Jean Paul Gaultier s “perfume,” and sublimated into an anthem for gender diversity and a new definition of beauty. Starting at the Jean Paul Gaultier HQ in Paris (2022), the exhibition toured to Art Basel Miami Beach (2022) and Photo Elysée in Lausanne (2023) before finally being presented for the first time in Asia, at Shibuya PARCO. This project is being carried out with the support of the Swiss Embassy in Japan, as part of the Vitality.Swiss programme celebrating 160 years of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Japan.DATES AND SCHEDULEFrom May 30 to June 9, 2024VENUE15-1 Udagawacho, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-8377, JaponSTUDENTSGwendoline Albasini, Tony Altermatt, Matteo Angelé, Dominique Bartels, , , Laure Brandford Griffith, , Noa Chevalley, , Julie Corday, , , Sara De Brito Faustino, Yann Difford, Jessica Dreier, , Diego Fellmann, , Valerie Geissbühler, Eloïse Genoud, Florian Hilt, , Samara Krähenbühl, , Ulises Lozano, Angèle Marignac-Serra, , Lisa Mazenauer, Marvin Merkel, Inès Mermoud, , , , , Basil Pérot, Yolane Rais, , Phinn Sallin-Mason, Lea Sblandano, Camille Spiller, Samuel Spreyz, Gaétan Uldry, , , Antoine WoeffrayUNDER THE DIRECTION OFFlorence Tétier - creative directorJean Paul Gaultier Nicolas Coulomb - photographer and consultant Novembre GlobalHEAD OF PROGRAMMEASSISTANTSSara De Brito Faustino , Angèle Marignac-Serra , Gaétan UldryCOORDINATIONWEBSITEart.parco.jpOPENING & TALKWednesday 29 May 2024 - 7pm Talk event about gender diversity and new definitions of beauty and body expression with: , Photographer ECAL Tomo Koizumi, Fashion designer Yuri Abo, Moderator
ECAL Lecture – Eric Sadin,23.04.2024,IKEA Auditorium, ECAL Tuesday April 23, 2024 at 6pm, ECAL welcomes writer and philosopher Eric Sadin for a lecture. Conversation between Eric Sadin and Christophe Guignard, ECAL professor, as part of ECAL s reflections on digital transformation and artificial intelligence in education. French writer and philosopher Eric Sadin is one of the leading thinkers on the digital universe, with a particular interest in new technologies, their characteristics, their economic drivers and their social, political and civilizational impact. He is the author of several theoretical books on these decisive issues of our time, and his latest work, "La Vie spectrale", was published in autumn 2023. Invited to give lectures all over the world, Eric Sadin regularly publishes articles in Le Monde, Libération, Le Figaro, Marianne, Die Zeit, EL Pais and La Repubblica.DATES & SCHEDULE23.04.2024 6pm Free entryVENUEIKEA Auditorium, ECALINFORMATIONIn the presence of Eric Sadin, writer and philosopher. In Conversation with Christophe Guignard, ECAL teacher
10 ECAL graduates featured in new Phaidon publication Designed for Life 10 ECAL graduates featured in new Phaidon publication Designed for Life , a global survey of 100 of the most creative and innovative product designers working today. With the participation of Alexis Georgacopoulos and Anniina Koivu, director and curator at ECAL. Designed For Life showcases 100 of the most exciting designers around the world and, through their work, shines a lens on what is happening at the forefront of contemporary product design. The boundaries between design, art, craft, fashion, and architecture have been blurred in recent years and a new generation of designers has emerged, working across different fields and genres. Products illustrated in the book range from furniture, lighting, and objects, to limited editions, glassware, and office systems, making Designed for Life the ideal route to new talent throughout the field of product design and the perfect way to assess exactly what is being created in the design scene today Chosen by an international line up of influential industry experts – design critics, museum curators, entrepreneurs, journalists, and gallerists – the nominated designers comprise young product designers who have emerged in the last few years, but who have already produced outstanding, creative, and innovative pieces of design, such as Mac Collins, Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Minjae Kim, and Mimi Shodeinde as well as more established designers including Jasper Morrison, India Mahdavi, and Jonathan Olivares. This fascinating book illustrates the new materials, processes, and technologies being utilized; the radically different styles being created; and the growing importance of sustainability, diversity, and inclusivity in design. These designers believe design can build a better world and a better life. ECAL graduates featured in the book Ini Archibong BIG-GAME Thilo Alex Brunner Fabien Cappello Michel Charlot Moisés Hernández Maria Jeglinska Carolien Niebling Julie Richoz Studio Zanellato/Bortotto The nominators for the 100 designers include Alexis Georgacopoulos, ECAL Director, and Anniina Koivu, curator and ECAL professor.
“The Eskimo in the Mojave Desert”: Herbert Matter, a Designer Across Scenes and Genres Matter s career was that of a multidisciplinary, international designer working across commerce and culture. He was not only a graphic artist but also a photographer, type designer, art director, teacher and film-maker. His work in the field of advertising and editorial design, his collaborations with artists, his self-commissioned work, his photography and film outputs and his long-serving position as an educator provide as many entry points to analyse the impact of migration and an international network on a graphic designer s career. It also provides a case study to analyse the professional model of the designer working as photographer and layout artist simultaneously. The historiography on the Swiss graphic designer and photographer Herbert Matter (1907–1984) is characterised by a dichotomy. On the one hand, his oeuvre is partially well-known; some of his works are regarded as amongst “the most celebrated posters in design history” and have been published so widely that they make him a canonical figure of the highest degree. On the other hand, scholarship on his career is often shallow, repetitive and limited to the recurrent reproductions of a few selected artefacts. As is often the case with the canon, Matter s high visibility does not translate into a refined understanding of his work. Scholarship fails to contextualise him as a multifaceted graphic designer, photographer, and film-maker whose career did not fit within a specific style or movement, but reflected influences ranging from French poster artists, Swiss modernism and American pop culture. His profile was so unusual that the American graphic designer Paul Rand, who was active in corporate identity and branding, quipped: “I have always had the feeling that H[erbert] M[atter] on Madison Avenue was like an Eskimo in the Mohavi [sic] desert”, that is an out-of-place character in the world of New York advertising. The present project therefore provides a more nuanced discourse on Matter s career by relating his visual work to his influences and his migration between the three scenes in which he was active: Switzerland, France and the United States. It answers the following question: How did Herbert Matter s migration, transnational experiences and network shape his approach to graphic design?ApplicantsDr Jonas Berthod Prof. Gilles GavilletResearch teamDr Jonas Berthod (ECAL) Prof. Louise Paradis (Université du Québec à Montréal UQAM) Prof. Gilles Gavillet (ECAL)Period1.12.2023 – 31.1.2025Supported byHES-SO, Réseau de Compétences Design et Arts Visuels RCDAV
Unpacking Tschichold s Library at KASK,28.03–21.04.2024,KASK & Conservatorium, Belgium Unpacking Tschichold s Library" exhibition at KASK & Conservatorium Jan Tschichold s Die neue Typografie (1928) served as a central reference in the discourse on modernist design. Nearly a century after its publication, the book holds a mythical status, often considered self-evident and rarely critically examined. The exhibition reevaluates the legacy of the new typography by literally unpacking Tschichold s library. In the exhibition, you can browse through almost all 120 sources cited in the essay, with high-quality facsimiles alongside rare originals. As an annex to the exhibition, the Belgian Institute for Graphic Design (BINGO) provides a contemporary and local response to Tschichold, developed in collaboration with Kunstenbibliotheek and the graphic design students of KASK & Conservatorium. This travelling exhibition is a research project of ECAL / University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO), curated by Davide Fornari. In Ghent, it was realized with the financial support of Design Museum Gent, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Swiss Embassy in Belgium.DATES & SCHEDULE28.03 – 21.04.2024 Monday – Sunday 12pm – 6pm Free entryVENUECampus Bijloke Louis Pasteurlaan 2 9000 GentWEBSITEschoolofartsgent.be
Fiction film workshop with Carmen Jaquier The 2023 fiction film workshop for 2nd year students was lead by swiss director Carmen Jaquier. Head of workshop: "The initial proposal was to leave room for the students desires and quests, while offering a simple framework for the making of their second-year film. We worked from a single set, as vast as Michelangelo Frammartino s and the exhausted interior architecture of John Cassavetes characters. Together, we looked for simple, accessible, everyday ways of nurturing a story and characters. We wanted to capture gestures, ways of speaking, and significant details in people we know and don t know. We came up with "A Rock", a sort of collection of images, thoughts and interactions, with the idea of expanding the universe of the films. To avoid the black holes of writing, we set ourselves in action, in movement. We imagined the shoots as parties, and danced with Aurélien. Collages and skeletons invaded the white walls of the school, revealing the films to come. On the big screen, I watch, moved, two young brothers tearing themselves apart over a lie, three friends in a frenzy just before separation, a young man absorbed by his need for power, a friend giving in under the weight of the mountain, two sisters who have made a promise to each other, a son who summons his father s spirit through music, the love and death rites of a young kendoka, a group of girlfriends in search of an inner voice, and a fragmented young man, before the end of the world." Carmen Jaquier, director • , Adam, 18 09 • , Diapason 440, 11 14 • , L ordre des choses, 56 • , Broke, 20 44 • , Hive, 15 02 • , Utaga-U, 17 39 • , Inconscientes, 20 27 • , Ombres, 15 • , Backwards, 21 19
Masterclass ECAL – Angeliki Papoulia,13.03.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL On the occasion of the 7th Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne, the ECAL welcomes Greek actress Angeliki Papoulia for a masterclass on Wednesday March 13, 2024. Angeliki Papoulia is a Greek actress and theater director graduated from the National University of Athens and the Empros Theatre Drama School in 2000. She has appeared in numerous films by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, including Canine, Alps and The Lobster. These films were a critical and popular success, winning numerous awards at world-famous festivals including Cannes, Venice and Sydney. In 2020, she won Best Actress at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards for her role in The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea, by Syllas Tzoumerkas. In 2004, she co-founded the Blitz theater company (2004-2017), in which she writes, directs and performs. The troupe has presented its shows at major festivals and theaters across Europe (Festival d Avignon, Théâtre de la Ville, La Comédie de Reims).DATES & SCHEDULEWednesday 13 March 2024 at 4:00pm Free entry under registrationVENUELeenaards Auditorium, ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 1020 RenensWEBSITErencontres7art.ch
PRATIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE The "Commission & Photography" course aims to conceptualize and produce visual content for an editorial series, emphasizing applied photography and collaboration with an Art Director. It allows students to explore various photographic territories such as editorial, documentary, fashion, still life, and fiction. Objectives include understanding editorial commissions, conceptualizing and presenting ideas, as well as effectively collaborating with an Art Director. Students are required to produce a series of images while adhering to the given theme and constraints, while also developing preliminary research, a structured methodology, series architecture, and finding solutions to creative problems encountered. The theme involves each student selecting and photographing three personal objects that are particularly meaningful to them.
Masterclass ECAL – Rebecca Zlotowski,11.03.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL On the occasion of the 7th Rencontres 7e Art Lausanne, the ECAL welcomes French filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski for a masterclass on Monday March 11, 2024. Rebecca Zlotowski is a French director and screenwriter. Graduated of the Ecole Normale Supérieure with an agrégation in modern literature, she was destined to become a teacher before joining the screenwriting department of the Fémis, where she made some decisive encounters: Lodge Kerrigan, Teddy Lussi-Modeste and Philippe Grandrieux, with whom she collaborates. In 2010, her first feature film Belle Épine was selected for Critics Week in Cannes, won the Louis Delluc prize for Best First Film, and earned Léa Seydoux a César nomination for Best Emerging Actress. Her next films, Grand Central, Planetarium, Une fille facile and more recently Les enfants des autres, put her at the forefront of French cinema, with nominations, awards and public recognition. In 2019, she will direct the TV series Les Sauvages, co-created with author Sabri Louatah. Rebecca Zlotowski also writes for other directors, including Géraldine Nakache or Robin Campillo.DATES & SCHEDULEMonday 11 March 2024 at 5:00pm Free entry under registrationVENUELeenaards Auditorium, ECAL Avenue du Temple 5 1020 RenensWEBSITErencontres7art.ch
Le livre d artiste - 23/24 As part of the publishing course led by Anouk Schneider and Chi-Long Trieu, 2nd year Visual Communication students had the opportunity to design an artist s book during the first semester. This book project stands out for its contemporary approach aimed at creating an editorial object that harmoniously integrates form and content in the current context of the editorial landscape. Students were encouraged to exploit their artistic freedom at all levels of creation, whether in terms of format, choice of paper, binding, layout, illustrations, text or typography. As part of this course, the artist s book can take shape through various illustration modalities, such as photography, reproduction, contextualization, drawing, 3D, etc. The emphasis is on the author s artistic vision and the means implemented to realize it. Students take on multiple roles as editor, curator and architect, covering the responsibilities of artistic director, designer, photographer, stylist, illustrator, typographer, editor-in-chief, and editorial secretary. This course highlights contemporary editorial design by exploring the narrative potential of a sequence of controlled content. Next to Edition By & ON A MARCHÉ SUR LA LUNE Edition By & Lueur abandonnée Edition By & NO MAN S AND WOMAN S LAND Edition By & à damom Edition By & vision double Edition By &
TRANSLATION During the visual identity course, the 2nd year Graphic Design bachelors had to produce a communication project based on a translation. They had to define their own translation system and develop a visual language based on these rules. SOURCE BOOKThrough a selection of ten books that talk about books, the study looks at the representation of the publishing object. From its materiality, volume and image to its translation into the same medium. The questioning extends firstly to the relationship between dematerialised design on the screen and printed materiality, as well as the volume that the editorial object represents. Secondly, through a process of digitisation and photocopying, the project explores the aesthetic potential of the photocopying medium. The graphic design, influenced by the characteristics of this medium, is presented as a form of reading, transforming a collection of content into a superimposition of images. The integration of this content into two juxtaposed posters aims to reinterpret the book in the poster under a third layer. The book is then defined in a new way in the context in which it is displayed. Par Historia ItinerisHistoria Itineris translates physical museum space into virtual space, reinterpreting the "bugs" created by Google Street View and the codes of curation to delve into the thoughts of an exhibition by a fictional artist, Joseph Knecht. Par Collective Memory From social media profiles to forum posts, from digital transactions to website visits, our online presence leaves traces that all too often go unnoticed. What would happen if we could retrieve this data and translate it into an avatar? By diving into the depths of my digital history, I ve gathered together all the information I could find about myself online. Par RADIO49DRADIO49D is a free local radio station based in the town of Renens (Canton of Vaud, Switzerland), originally created for this visual identity project. It was launched in October 2023 at number 49D on the Rue de Lausanne. It broadcasts a wide variety of content freely (often illegally) over the available FM airwaves. Its callsign is HB4DI, but this is nothing more than a usurpation, as the radio s founder never declared its existence to the relevant authorities. RADIO49D transmits over a maximum radius of 100 metres using a Raspberry Pi 4 computer and a ten-centimetre wire. RADIO49D s programming is free and unpredictable, so it generates maps for communicative purposes that it broadcasts by radio to regular listeners using the SSTV (Slow-scan Television) technique. These cards are then translated into radio waves, then retranscribed into images after reception and re-translation. An album acting as a physical archive of RADIO49D has been produced as part of its visual identity. It provides a complete record of the cards sent and received between October 2023 and January 2024. Par Eiger Air Eiger Air is an upcoming event taking place on the slopes of Mount Eiger. You ll be able to see an air show put on by the Patrouille Suisse. The identity of the event focuses on the representation of the visual language of aviation, as well as the translation of the signals made by a "yellow dog" to communicate with the aircraft from the landing strip. Par Weather Report "Weather Report" explores the popular visual codes of weather presentation. Drawing on viewers familiarity with the patterns, motifs, typographic elements, gestures and staging of presenters, the project offers a graphic reinterpretation in a variety of media. These elements are then transposed onto various printed media such as posters and a calendar, but also in an animation designed to deconstruct and then reassemble these visual components. Par
Vietnamese objects: The material culture of resilience in the face of (de)colonisation Cà phê (coffee), atisô (artichoke), xi nê ma (cinema), căng tin (canteen) or xi-măng (cement): in the Vietnamese language, many words bear the imprint of a French origin. And what if the same were true of everyday objects? Somewhere between cultural anthropology, the epistemology of Vietnamese design and the sociology of objects, this research project analyses the production of objects in Vietnam in the light of French colonisation and decolonisation. Through reportage, interviews and research carried out in various archive collections, this book sets out to reveal the mechanisms by which objects, foods, materials and know-how have been integrated into Vietnam until today they can boast authentically Vietnamese characteristics. Like an archive of the present day, through the prism of design and the applied arts, the authors take a decolonial and critical look at the creativity and adaptability of a country that has succeeded in appropriating the techniques of a dominant power.Main applicantQuang Vinh Nguyen Émilie LaystaryResearch teamQuang Vinh Nguyen Émilie Laystary Cynthia Mai Amman Chi-Long TrieuPeriodJuly 2022 – April 2024Supported byECAL/University of art and design Lausanne Réserve stratégique de la HES-SO (RCDAV)ContributionsEric Panthou Kai Nguyễn Lưu Chữ (Quoc Huy Le, Đức Cao) Mắt Bét Nhat Thanh Le Tien Dat Vu Thai Ha Vu Trong Đặt Nguyễn Quoc Huy Le Vincent Yuen Ruiz Xuân-Hạ Vu
Fiction film workshop with Lionel Baier The 2023 fiction film workshop for 1st year students was lead by Lionel Baier. Head of workshop: "The aim of the workshop was to produce a 3 to 5 minute fiction film during a two days shooting at a single location around Lausanne, based on the script of a pre-existing film. The students saw ten feature films and were assigned one of them. They extracted a scene from it and adapted it. The films ranged from Subway (Luc Besson) to Lazarro Felice (Alice Rohrwacher). Each short film had to be able to be seen independently of the film from which it was taken. The aim of the workshop was to try out the problems of directing actors, cutting and directing without focusing on the script for this first fictional exercise." Lionel Baier, director • , Jade, 5 16 • , La bonne conduite, 7 09 • , À tout à l heure, ma soeur, 7 19 • , Daphné ou la chute, 5 24 • , Spectre, 8 50 • , La sainte obscurité a mit la main sur moi, 6 04 • , Sylvain Dielman, 10 47 • , Ce sera dans les nuages, 06 44 • , Bueb, 7 13
ECAL LECTURE – El Pampero Cine,24.01.2024,Leenaards Auditorium, ECAL More than just a production company, El Pampero Cine was born in 2002 from the desire of a group of people to experiment and renew the procedures and practices of Argentine cinema. In conference at the ECAL, Wednesday 13 October 2024 at 6.00pm. Part of the formidable revival known as the "New Argentine Cinema", the collective produced films of international renown, such as La Flor (2018), Castro (2009) and Trenque Lauquen (2022), always with a radical economic approach. El Pampero Cine s influence is not confined to aesthetics: its revolution affects above all forms of production and exhibition. Since Balnearios, in 2002, El Pampero Cine has developed a production system based on radical independence from conventional funding sources, which has enabled them to produce consistently fertile output. Historias Extraordinarias confirms that El Pampero Cine has imposed a new way of producing in Argentina, working with budgets that are significantly lower than the smallest industrial productions, without this inferiority of conditions having anything to do with the technical or aesthetic quality of the works. El Pampero Cine is made up of Mariano Llinás, Laura Citarella, Agustín Mendilaharzu and Alejo Moguilansky, Argentine directors, editors, writers and producers. DATES & SCHEDULE24.01.2024 6:00pm Free entryVENUELeenaards Auditorium, ECALINFORMATIONIn the presence of Alejo Moguillansky & Mariano Llinás, Argentine filmmakers co-founders of El Pampero Cine Moderated by Andreas Fontana, director WEBSITEelpamperocine.com.ar
Created in 2018, senior-lab is an interdisciplinary innovation and research platform dedicated to aging well, of which ECAL is a founding member. In close collaboration with HEIG-VD and the Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé La Source, ECAL contributes all its skills to research projects and mandates specifically dedicated to this initiative. At the heart of senior-lab's concerns are the spec…
An academic network dedicated to sport, SMART MOVE aims to strengthen the Lake Geneva region, and in particular the Canton of Vaud, in its role as an international academic reference in the field of sport. Since 2018, it has promoted the emergence of cross-disciplinary projects between ECAL and nine higher education institutions, including EPFL, UNIL, CHUV, HEIG-VD, HESAV, EHL, HEPVD and UNIGE. …
ECAL AT SOLOTHURN DAYS,17–24.01.2024 On the occasion of the 59th Solothurn Film Festival, ECAL Film Department presents several films by students and graduates. FILMS MADE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF ECAL Aire de jeux, Bachelor diploma 2023 by , image by , in Talents II programm Avant l océan, Bachelor diploma 2023 by , image by and sound by , in Talents II programm La merveilleuse douleur du genêt, Bachelor diploma 2023 by , image by , in Talents I programm Les lumières de Kyiv, workshop film Bachelor Cinema by , in Talents I programm SHORTS FILMS DIRECTED BY GRADUATES AND TEACHERS La plage, by (Bachelor Cinema 2019), editing by (Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD 2022) Le gap, by (Bachelor Cinema 2021) Macula, by (Bachelor Cinema 2019), image by (Bachelor Cinema 2016) As Três Chamas, by (Bachelor Cinema 2018), image by (Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD 2022), sound by (Master Cinema ECAL/HEAD 2022) Article 33, by (Bachelor Cinema 2011 & artistic assistant Bachelor Cinema) Chien de rouge, film by (Bachelor Cinema 2018) FEATURE FILMS DIRECTED BY GRADUATES AND TEACHERS La voie royale, by (Bachelor Cinema 1999 & Lecturer) Laissez-moi, by (Master Cinema 2016) Les paradis de Diane, by (Master Cinéma 2016) Retour en Alexandrie, by (Bachelor Cinema 2010) DATES17–24.01.2024VENUESoleureWEBSITEsolothurnerfilmtage.ch
Happy 2024! Artist Alessia Gunawan creates the ECAL s 2024 greetings with Noon, an original work based on artificial intelligence. Born in Jakarta in 1995 to Italian and Chinese Indonesian parents, is a multimedia artist who devotes herself to photography and film. At the heart of her personal projects, she strives to create hyper-saturated images that conceal the multiple aspects of a globalised and seemingly connected contemporary culture. After completing her Master s in Photography at the ECAL in 2020, she embarked on a professional career that has taken her to various cities around the world. She currently works between Paris and Milan, mainly as a fashion photographer and art director. Her prestigious portfolio includes collaborations with leading brands such as Off-White, Valentino, Vibram, Magliano, Slam Jam, Nike, MM6, Fondazione Prada, Bally, Emporio Armani and Umbro. His work has also been featured in influential publications such as Alla Carta Magazine, Gruppe Magazine, King Kong Magazine, Esquire, Vogue Italia and GQ. @alygunawan www.alessiagunawan.com
Reinas by Klaudia Reynicke selected for the Sundance 2024 Festival Congratulations to director Klaudia Reynicke, an ECAL graduate, on the selection of her new feature film "Reinas" at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival 2024. Klaudia Reynicke grew up in Peru, Switzerland and the United States. After completing a Bachelor s degree in anthropology at the University of South Florida and a Master s degree in sociology at the University of Lausanne, in 2010 she completed a Master s degree in cinema at ECAL/HEAD, with a major in directing. Her first feature film IL NIDO (2016) was selected at the Locarno Film Festival. His second feature LOVE ME TENDER (2019) also screened at the Locarno Film Festival, participates in several renowned festivals, including TIFF, BFI London Film Festival, Sevilla European Film Festival, BAFICI and Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. His third feature film, REINAS, is scheduled for release at the prestigious Sundance 2024 Film Festival. Reinas: "In 1992, during a difficult period in Lima, Peru, Lucia, Aurora and their mother Elena decide to move to the United States. The reunion with their estranged father Carlos means that their departure is charged with contradictory emotions such as regret, hope and fear in this story of the 90s." festival.sundance.org